Immortality Starts With Ignorant Heart Sword Art

Chapter 159: Ignorant Heart Sword Art Advanced, Master Level! (Please subscribe)

"Since you want to give it a try, then do your best to try. I'll take care of everything here."

Jing Ming, a Perfected Being, also understood. The Xuan Yuan Realm Dynasty would not help them expel the Demon Sect; they only sought balance. Therefore, he placed his hopes of breaking the deadlock on Zhong Cang.

However, considering that the other Demon Sects were also major factions and not much weaker than the Cloud Firmament Sect, he couldn't help but remind them.

"Be careful during the operation. If you can't win, immediately retreat with your disciples."

"I will."

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Although they had decided to send troops, the area occupied by the Yang family had also raised the banner of rebellion.

However, Zhong Cang did not take action immediately. He only had his subordinates reorganize the army.

During the reorganization process, something unexpected happened.

While searching Lin Yuan City, where the aristocrats were annihilated, they discovered a large number of treasures.

These treasures included gold, silver, and spiritual objects.

Although the former was of no use to Zhong Cang and the other cultivators, it was what the soldiers of the Black Mountain...Cloud Firmament Army desired the most.

After discovering this, Zhong Cang, who didn't care much about gold and silver, rewarded the Cloud Firmament Sect on a large scale.

During the reward, he also made a promise. If they continued to win in the future, he would give the soldiers more gold, silver, and property.

—Nine-tenths of the land in Youzhou had been annexed by the aristocrats. As someone who had slaughtered most of the aristocrats, he had a lot of land to distribute.

As soon as this plan was announced, the soldiers, who had previously just gone with the flow, suddenly became enthusiastic and their fighting spirit soared.

"Fight against the rich, distribute land."

These six words, though simple, were the most effective words to mobilize the lower class.

Zhong Cang and the others didn't care about the gold and silver, but the spiritual objects behind them made ordinary cultivators envious.

After being estimated by professional appraisers from pawnshops, the crowd was surprised to find that the treasures here, when converted into spirit stones, amounted to a staggering eighty thousand.

"Hiss..."

These treasures even made Zhong Cang raise an eyebrow in surprise.

But soon, he realized that this was normal.

This world was only barren, not a forbidden spirit land.

At the same time, the aristocratic families held absolute power in this world, and they had plundered all the spiritual objects into their hands. Although they didn't gain much each year, accumulating eighty thousand spirit stones over eight hundred years was not an exaggeration.

"If there were no gains at all, Cloud Firmament Sect, Myriad Spirit Demon Sect, and Blood Sea Sect would not send disciples here to fight and kill each other."

Originally, Zhong Cang wanted to distribute the eighty thousand spirit stones evenly, but the others did not want to.

Yue Qianqian: "Senior Brother, without you, we would have had a hard time surviving. It was also thanks to you that we were able to defeat the demon army at Lin Yuan City. These spiritual treasures should belong to you."

Zhong Cang would not accept this: "Without your delay, my victory wouldn't have been so easy."

After some dispute, they finally agreed that Zhong Cang would take half, which was thirty thousand spirit stones.

Out of the remaining fifty thousand, twenty thousand would be used as compensation for the disciples who died. Whoever died, their family would receive these spirit stones.

The last thirty thousand would be distributed by Yue Qianqian and a few others based on their contributions.

With this distribution, not only did the morale of the Cloud Firmament soldiers rise, but Zhong Cang's fellow disciples also became excited and eager.

At this moment, they no longer feared attacking the powerful families and sects, they only felt anticipation.

It can only be said that treasures move people's hearts.

However, even though everyone was tempted, Zhong Cang was still waiting, and he had been waiting for seven days.

After seven days, his eyes lit up.

This time, it wasn't the arrival of the east wind, but his Ignorant Heart Sword Art... had broken through.

"Buzz..."

The Ignorant Heart Sword Art focused on consciousness. In his sea of consciousness, the area that was originally contaminated by the Blood Soul Curse was now a crimson color. Endless whispers of killing constantly echoed in Zhong Cang's heart.

What was even more annoying was that the Blood Soul Curse was extremely vicious. It had merged with Zhong Cang's soul. If he used ordinary methods, he would not be able to eliminate the curse without removing his soul.

But if he removed it, his soul would be injured, which would be extremely detrimental to Zhong Cang's advancement, and it would be impossible for him to condense a Gold Core.

After all, the Gold Core symbolized perfection and flawlessness. A soul with defects could never achieve perfection, no matter what.

However, this problem was a difficult one for others, but for Zhong Cang, it was just a test.

As the saying goes, a sword rises from the depths of the heart, cutting both others and oneself.

The refined Sword Heart guarded Zhong Cang's true spirit, allowing his true spirit to remain untainted.

Afterwards, although the Blood Soul Curse attacked Zhong Cang's mind like a tide, constantly invading his heart and trying to enter his mind, making him a madman who only knew killing, it was all unsuccessful.

He firmly held onto his true spirit, with only the sword in his heart, and the intention to cut through everything.

Every time there was an impact, the Blood Soul Curse not only failed to gain any advantage, but it would also be cut apart by the Sword Heart.

What's more important is that the confrontation between the two would increase the progress of the Ignorant Heart Sword Art by +1.

For seven consecutive days, although the Blood Soul Curse had not completely dissipated, Sword Heart had reached perfection due to previous cultivation.

"Buzz!"

With Sword Heart in perfection, it emitted a white light. Under this radiant light, the remaining Blood Soul Curse quickly melted away like the first snow meeting the warm sun.

Soon, the Blood Soul Curse was cleared by Sword Heart, and Zhong Cang's soul felt a sense of ease and transparency, as if it had been cleansed of all impurities.

Radiating white light was not the entirety of the advancement of the Ignorant Heart Sword Art. It was only the beginning.

Like other cultivation techniques, Zhong Cang, who had advanced, gained an opportunity for enlightenment.

"Buzz..."

During the enlightenment, Zhong Cang's thoughts raced at high speed. Sparks of inspiration burst forth like fireworks, and scenes of sword cultivation or the practice of the way of the sword continuously appeared in Zhong Cang's mind.

At this moment, Zhong Cang's comprehension temporarily ascended to a transcendent level. The mysteries of the sword were as clear as the patterns in the palm of his hand, presenting themselves vividly before his eyes.

Without feeling joy, Zhong Cang knew that this was only temporary. In this short period of time, he needed to comprehend more knowledge of the way of the sword and complete his ascension in sword cultivation.

However, soon Zhong Cang discovered that after mastering the Ignorant Heart Sword Art in the Fourth Realm, his first task was not comprehension, but choice.

He needed to choose a Sword Intent as his main focus.

Due to his experiences in his past life and the involvement of many cultivation techniques in this world, the range of Sword Intents that Zhong Cang could choose from was extremely wide.

The Sword Intent of wind, the Sword Intent of thunder, the Sword of Mountains and Rivers, the Five Elements Divine Sword, and even the Sword of Slaughter were all options for Zhong Cang.

"To think there is a Sword of Slaughter... Was it comprehended while resisting the Blood Soul Curse?"

"It should be."

The reason for the appearance of the Sword of Slaughter only delayed Zhong Cang for a moment.

Understanding the abilities of the Sword of Slaughter took Zhong Cang three moments.

After understanding, Zhong Cang found that the Sword of Slaughter was quite powerful.

Firstly, the Slaughter Sword Intent had a great killing effect on living creatures. The bloody intent could also intimidate those with weak wills, making them feel fear and unable to resist.

Of course, if it were limited to this, the Slaughter Sword Intent could only be considered ordinary, not strong. What made Zhong Cang marvel was that the Slaughter Sword Intent could accumulate killing intent through slaughter.

To kill one person is a crime, to kill a million is a hero, to kill nine million is the greatest hero... This saying was the best interpretation of the Slaughter Sword Intent.

If Zhong Cang could slaughter an entire realm, without needing comprehension, his Slaughter Sword Intent could also transform into a domain of slaughter.

"The more I kill, the stronger the Slaughter Sword Intent becomes. It is indeed powerful, but unfortunately, it is not my path."

Causing billions of calamities without reason is not something Zhong Cang would do. Moreover, while killing intent can be accumulated, if the killing intent becomes too strong and overwhelms one's own will, Zhong Cang would still become a madman obsessed with slaughter.

Every year, there are practitioners who cultivate the path of slaughter and fall into madness, killing their wives, children, and even exterminating their entire family.

Reluctant to reach this point, Zhong Cang quickly gave up the intention of killing and turned his gaze to other Sword Intents.

Closing his eyes and browsing for a while, slowly, two Sword Intents were identified by Zhong Cang. They were the Heavenly Sword and the Heart Sword.

Among the Sword Intents that Zhong Cang could choose from, these two were the strongest.

The Heavenly Sword is not a sword from the heavens, but rather a sword that can be derived from both heaven and earth.

This Sword Intent encompasses the Wind Sword Intent, the Thunder Sword Intent, and even the Five Elements Sword Intent. The words "heaven" and "earth" can be said to encompass everything in the world.

Of course, everything comes at a price.

The Heavenly Sword is very powerful, but the difficulty of cultivating this Sword Intent is a hundred times greater than that of ordinary Sword Intents such as the Wind Sword Intent and the Thunder Sword Intent.

Even Zhong Cang hesitated for a moment when choosing it.

It wasn't until he thought of his Heaven and Earth Eight Trigrams Diagram, which was already on the path of deriving everything from heaven and earth, that he considered the mutual achievement between the two. Only then did Zhong Cang list the Heavenly Sword as a backup option.

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The Heavenly Sword is very powerful and is extremely compatible with his cultivation path. In this situation, Zhong Cang did not directly choose it, which shows the strength of another Sword Intent - the Heart Sword.

The Heart Sword is indeed extremely powerful.

The so-called Heart Sword is the sword of the mind, the sword of thought. In the realm of Sword Intent, it is the fundamental Sword Intent and the highest sword.

It is called the Heart Sword in the attribute panel because of one phrase: "The mind triumphs over matter."

In simple terms, the path of the Heart Sword believes that the mind is superior to material things, and thoughts can change reality.

By choosing this path, as long as Zhong Cang's will is firm enough and he believes in the Sword Intent in his hand, he can imbue the power of his mind onto the flying sword and achieve what sword cultivators dream of - shattering all laws with a single sword.

"Because the mind triumphs over matter, as long as my will is firm enough and my soul is strong enough, I can use the sword in my hand to shatter everything, to annihilate everything."

"But conversely, once I no longer trust the sword in my hand and become confused, I will be useless."

There have been rumors that a sword cultivator only needs a long sword and nothing else to roam the world.

Some say that sword cultivators have the most powerful attacks in the world.

There are also rumors that sword cultivators only move forward and never retreat...

In the Immortal Cultivation World, all these titles about sword cultivators were achieved by predecessors who used the Heart Sword.

These rumors also prove the true nature of the Heart Sword.

With the mind triumphing over matter and the ability to shatter all laws with a single sword, Zhong Cang also desires this ability very much.

However, the Heavenly Sword encompasses everything and is also very powerful, making it more suitable for Zhong Cang, which also makes him hesitate.

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(End of this chapter)